I saw a problem with one computer running Win 7 in making it a dual boot system. To fix it, I did quite a bit--but some of what I did was probably overkill. However, to give a rundown:
First, I did a clean reinstall of Windows 7 from the rescue partition on the machine.
(I also made a set of recovery DVD's (five of the darned things in the case of Win 7 Home Premium!) so I'd have them if anything wound up trashing the recovery partition.)
Next, I removed all the "crapware" the manufacturer had installed--the "free trials" and such that junk up an OEM Windows system so often. (I do this automatically on a new OEM system anyway, even if it is only to run Windows).
I then defragmented the registry and the hard disk.
At that point, I partitioned the disk--making the Windows partition smaller and adding a "data" partition that would be shared with the Linux install. I also left as much space free as I wanted for Linux.
After this, with the machine still booting normally in Windows 7 and recognizing the data partition, I installed Linux normally and somehow in all of this Grub2 worked fine and both systems booted normally.
Grub2 sees the recovery partition as "Windows Vista" and the Win 7 partition as "Windows 7".
The resulting 500 GB disk is set up thusly:
Win 7 primary partition (60 GB)
Win 7 recovery partition (about 12 GB IIRC).
Linux root partition (15 GB)
Second Linux root partition (15 GB, used if I wish to try another distro without nuking the first)
Data partition (NTFS) 150 GB
Linux swap 6 GB
Linux /home partition (the balance of the disk)
There is the usual mix of primary and logical partitions involved.
The space allocation results from doing about 95% of my work in Linux--I keep Win 7 around simply because I wind up being asked questions by friends, relatives, and former clients about some Windows concern or another and I want a working system to refer to. Other than that, I boot it on average about twice a month to keep it updated. Each of those times takes nearly half a day by the time all the security updates and version updates are taken care of. If I didn't have plenty of time to waste in this fashion, Id have given up Windows long ago.
David
> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am dual booting Kubuntu on a Windows 7 box. I have not seen that it
> > dual
> > > boots any worse than XP did on my old one.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> > > Location: Canada
> > >
> > Thanks for your reply, Roy. I believe the issue has something to do with
> > the GRUB 2 which apparently didn't give you any problems. Maybe it's a
> > relatively rare problem so I'm certainly not going to worry about it now. It
> > may be some time before I even install as I have no real need yet. My
> > antivirus seems to be working well, I haven't needed to reboot once *yet*
> > and 7 is not a totally undesirable product. Besides, I paid for it anyway,
> > right? lol A bit of justification there.
> > Mark
> > Stuck in South Carolina
> >
> >
> >
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